Australia continue medal rush in the pool, Scott upsets Chalmers
Blake qualifies first for 100m final
GOLD COAST: The Australian team, consisting of Elijah Winnington, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham and Mack Horton, have won the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final in dominant fashion, setting a new Games record of seven minutes and 5.97 seconds to grab the gold.
James Guy helped England finish nearly three seconds behind the hosts to take silver while Scotland were a further second adrift in third. Scotland’s Duncan Scott won his fourth medal at Gold Coast after recording a shock win over South African Chad le Clos and Australian Kyle Chalmers in the men’s 100m freestyle final.
Le Clos, who won the 50m and 200m butterfly events earlier in the competition, and Olympic champion Chalmers finished joint-second with times of 48.15 seconds while Scott raced to the title in a time of 48.02 seconds. Chalmers’ compatriot Cameron McEvoy finished fourth. Scotland cyclist Mark Stewart improved on his bronze medal at the World Championships by winning the gold in the men’s 40km points race finals. Stewart took the early lead and hold on for the win ahead of New Zealand’s Campbell Stewart and England’s Ethan Hayter in the final race at the velodrome.
INDIAN WOMEN STUN SINGAPORE
Two singles victories from Manika Batra helped the Indian women’s team win their first ever table tennis gold medal by beating favourites Singapore 3-1 in the final. England edged out Australia for the bronze.
AUSTRALIANS SECURE ONE-TWO-THREE IN 50M BUTTERFLY
Home favourite Cate Campbell won her third gold medal at the Gold Coast Games in the women’s 50m butterfly with a time of 25.59 seconds to finish ahead of compatriots Holly Barratt and Madeline Groves, who took silver and bronze respectively. Australian Mitch Larkin grabbed gold in the men’s 50m backstroke at the Gold Coast Games, bettering the silver he won in Glasgow four years ago. Compatriots Benjamin Treffers, who finished just 0.6 seconds behind Larkin, and Zac Incerti completed the podium.
O’CONNOR DOMINATES IN 200M MEDLEY
England’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor won gold in the women’s 200m individual medley for the second consecutive Games while compatriot Aimee Willmott and Scotland’s Hannah Miley both failed to add to their medals. Canadian duo Sarah Darcel and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won the silver and the bronze medals respectively. O’Connor was the only swimmer to clock under two minutes 10 seconds.
MORTON CHARGES TO KEIRIN GOLD
Home favourites Stephanie Morton and Kaarle McCulloch charged to an Australian one-two finish in the women’s keirin with New Zealand’s Natasha Hansen taking the bronze. Morton, who won gold in the team and individual sprints along with a silver in the 500m time trial, won her fourth medal of the Games after finishing 0.079 seconds ahead of McCulloch.
HOME HOPE PATTERSON WINS SCRATCH RACE
Australia put in a solid team performance to help Amy Cure win her second gold medal at this year’s Games in the women’s 10km scratch race. Cure, who along with her team mates won the team pursuit, finished ahead of Scotland’s Neah Evans and England’s Emily Kay after a close race. Individual pursuit gold medallist Katie Archibald, of Scotland, narrowly missed out on a medal.
ENGLAND’S GODLEY WINS WEIGHTLIFTING GOLD
England’s weightlifter Emily Godley lifted a combined total of 222kg to win the women’s 75kg final. She won by a single kg, ahead of second-placed Canadian Marie-Eve BeaucheminNadeau.Wales’ Laura Hughes took the bronze.
PEATY FLIES INTO 50M BREASTSTROKE FINAL
World, European and Olympic champion Adam Peaty is on course for a clean sweep of gold medals after surpassing his own Games record to finish quickest in the men’s 50m breaststroke semi-finals with a time of 26.49 seconds. South African Cameron van der Burgh had the second fastest time of 26.95 seconds and England’s James Wilby, who won the 200m breaststroke in Peaty’s absence earlier, was third in 27.41 seconds.
GLAETZER STORMS TO TIME TRIAL VICTORY
Australian cyclist Matthew Glaetzer, who is the world champion in sprint, blitzed around the track to set a new Games record time of 59.340 seconds and grab the gold medal in the men’s 1000m time trial final. New Zealand’s Edward Dawkins and Callum Skinner of Scotland won the silver and bronze respectively. Glaetzer, a silver medallist in the time trial at Apeldoorn, suffered a shock exit in the preliminary rounds of the sprint event but bounced back to grab gold in the men’s keirin finals on Friday.
MASSE OUTCLASSES SEEBOHM
Canadian Kylie Masse led a Canadian one-two finish in the women’s 200m backstroke final ahead of world champion Emily Seebohm, as the 22-year-old and compatriot Taylor Ruck won the gold and silver medals respectively. Masse, who ousted Seebohm in the 100m event on Saturday, set a new Games record of two minutes 05.98 seconds to seal the gold. Ruck, aged 17, has now won six medals at this year’s Games.
Cheptegei races to 5000m victory
WILSON HUNGRY FOR MORE AFTER RINGS SILVER
England gymnast Nile Wilson is eager to add to his tally of two gold medals and one silver when the final day of the artistic gymnastics competitions is held today. “... It’s an incredible feeling to get a silver on the rings,” Wilson told BBC. “But I am absolutely exhausted now. One more day to get through after an ice bath recovery tonight. We’re coming out here and putting together some great routines. I’m loving it and excited to get back out there.” Wilson’s compatriot Courtney Tulloch, who is the rings and team all-round gold medallist, is already looking ahead to the World Championships. “I can’t believe I’m a double Commonwealth champion. This is a good stepping stone towards the World Championships,” Tulloch said.
BLAKE QUALIFIES FIRST FOR 100M FINAL
Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has qualified in first place for the men’s 100m final after blazing to a time of 10.06 seconds in the semi-finals. Cayman Islands’ Kemar Hyman was second fastest and finished ahead of England’s Adam Gemili, the world 4x100 relay gold medallist at London. Blake, a former world champion, is among the favourites to win the event and re-establish Jamaica’s dominance following the retirement of multiple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt.
PHILIP SECURES FIRST SPOT IN WOMEN’S 100M SEMI-FINALS
England’s Asha Philip qualified fastest for the women’s 100m finals with a time of 11.21 seconds in the semi-finals, narrowly ahead of Jamaican Christania Williams, the 4x100 relay silver medallist at the Rio Olympics, who finished in 11.22 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye was the third fastest.
FENTON ADDS TO ENGLAND MEDAL HAUL
England’s 17-year-old Georgia Mae-Fenton added to the nation’s medal rush in gymnastics at this year’s Games by winning the gold in women’s uneven bars finals with a score of 14.600. Canadian Brittany Rogers, who was part of her country’s gold medal-winning squad in the team all-round event on Friday, grabbed the silver followed by Australia’s Georgia Goodwin in third.
TULLOCH, WILSON SEAL ENGLAND ONE-TWO IN GYMNASTICS
England’s Courtney Tulloch and Nile Wilson, both of whom were part of the team that won the all-round finals on the opening day, have won the gold and silver respectively in the men’s rings final. Wilson adds to his individual all-round gold he won on Saturday. Canada’s Scott Morgan rounds out the podium.
CHEPTEGEI RACES TO 5000M VICTORY
A late flourish helped Ugandan sprinter Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei clinch gold in the men’s 5000m final ahead of Canadian Mohammed Ahmed. Ahmed took the early lead and after a classic chase Cheptegei, who won silver in the 10000m race at last year’s world championships, raced ahead with four laps to go and held on to win. Kenyan Edward Pingua Zakayo won the bronze.
MCCLENAGHAN ON HIS ‘HUGE’ WIN OVER WHITLOCK
Northern Ireland’s gold-medal winning gymnast Rhys McClenaghan believes his victory over reigning Olympic champion Max Whitlock in the men’s pommel horse final puts him among the best in the sport. “Max has been my idol growing up and I’ve been watching him since 2010 when he was competing in the Delhi Commonwealths,” the 18-yearold told BBC. “I’ve always felt though that one day I could be up there with the best and beating them and this is a huge result for me.”
ELEFTHERIOU EDGES OUT HILL TO WIN WOMEN’S SHOOTING GOLD
Cypriot Andri Eleftheriou set a new Games record after hitting 52 of the 60 targets to grab the gold medal in the women’s skeet shooting finals. England’s Amber Hill, who won the gold medal in the event in the 2017 Commonwealth Championships and 2015 European Games, took silver and Eleftheriou’s compatriot Panagiota Andreou won bronze.
HUDSON-SMITH DISQUALIFIED IN 400M HEATS
England sprinter Matt Hudson-Smith was disqualified from the men’s 400m after stepping out of his lane in the heats. Grenada’s Bralon Taplin qualified the fastest with a time of 45.11 seconds.
OLSEN LEADS CANADIAN ONE-TWO IN WOMEN’S VAULT
Shallon Olsen and Elsabeth Black won the gold and silver medals respectively in the women’s vault with Australia’s Emily Whitehead taking the bronze.
MCCLENAGHAN PIPS WHITLOCK TO WIN NORTHERN IRELAND’S FIRST MEDAL
Reigning Olympic champion Max Whitlock suffered another blow as Rhys McClenaghan clinched Northern Ireland’s first medal of this year’s Games after winning gold in the men’s pommel horse final. England’s Whitlock and McClenaghan both recorded a score of 15.100 in the tiebreak, with the Englishman having a higher difficulty score and the Irishman having a higher execution score, but the latter was handed the gold. Whitlock settled for silver while Canada’s Zachary Clay took the bronze.
SAMPSON GRABS SHOOTING GOLD
Australian Dane Sampson won the gold in the men’s 10m air rifle final after setting a new Games record score of 245.0. Bangladesh’s Abdullah Hel Baki won silver while India’s Ravi Kumar took the bronze.
BHAKER WINS SHOOTING GOLD
India’s Manu Bhaker won her nation’s sixth gold medal at this year’s Games, notching a Games record score of 240.9 to win the women’s 10m air pistol finals. The 16year-old finished ahead of compatriot Heena Sidhu and Australian Elena Galiabovitch.
INDIA’S YADAV WINS WEIGHTLIFTING GOLD
India’s Punam Yadav claimed gold in the women’s 69kg weightlifting division with a combined weight of 222kg. England’s Sarah Davies took silver with 217kg after she failed to lift 128kg on her final clean and jerk. Yadav had failed with her own second lift of 122kg. The 22-year-old Yadav, however, succeeded on her third lift to clinch gold, adding to the bronze she won in the 63kg weight division four years ago in Glasgow. Fiji’s Apolonia Vaivai won bronze with a combined total of 216kgs.
BIRD-SMITH WINS FIRST ATHLETICS MEDAL
Australia’s Dane Bird-Smith produced a stunning burst in the final few hundred metres to win the first athletics medal at the Gold Coast Games in the men’s 20km walk. England’s Tom Bosworth took silver just four seconds behind the Rio Olympics bronze medallist, with Kenya’s Samuel Ireri Gathimba finishing third. “The last 500m hurt so much but I had everyone behind me which made it so special,” Bird-Smith said. “It was unbelievable, a bloody unreal feeling. — Reuters